RPC IX, 566

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 566
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Paulus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊν(τος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παύλου Αἰγαέων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Paulus, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 29.08 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 567/1, 568/1–2, 569/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 36599